 On 13 September 1860 the Burke and Wills expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria arrived at Wakool Crossing and dined at Henry Talbett's hotel.The next day they crossed the Wakool River by Talbett’s punt and Burke paid £9.6.0 "for portage, provisions &c.".On 13 July 1979, working as a Detective, Senior Constable Bob Lane of the Victoria Police, accompanied a suspect from Piangil to a campsite across the state border at Kyalite New South Wales.